Two Nudes [obverse], 1907

Provenance

The artist; his estate; (Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); purchased 26 December 1978 by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Holladay, Washington, D.C., and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland; gift 1979 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1992

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no cat.

1997

Body, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1997, no. 74, repro.

2003

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938 [London title: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: The Dresden and Berlin Years], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003, no. 7, repro.

2005

Brüke: The Birth of German Expressionism (Brüke: El naixement de l'expressionisme alemany), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona; Berlinische Galerie, 2005-2006, no. 36, repro.

2009

Brücke: The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905-1913, Neue Galerie New York, 2009, no. 43, repro.

2018

German Expressionism: E.L. Kirchner's Imaginary Travels, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, 2018-2019.

Bibliography

1968

Gordon, Donald E. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968: 331, no. 440cv, repro. 420 (mislabeled no. 440av).

1985

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 216, repro.

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